So Much Pingle

Nov 03 2024 104 ep. 79 mins 1.2k

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Herpetology podcast - interviews and discussions about amphibians and reptiles with experts in the field. Hosted by Mike Pingleton, with new episodes released every week.

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Episode 104: Project Obscurus with Tony Daly-Crews

Nov 03 2024 27 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred and Four! I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, including all the folks who are recovering in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. As always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s

Episode 103: New California Field Guide with Bob Hansen and Jackson Shedd

Oct 19 2024 37 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred and Three! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, including all the folks who are recovering in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. As always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to k

Episode 102: Crossing Wallace’s Line with Rory and Dan

Oct 16 2024 39 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred and Two! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, including all the folks who are recovering in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. Well my summer hiatus is over and it’s time to start cranking out the content once again. I really needed a break, not only to get the creative juices flo

Episode 101: Hiatus Mini-Episode

Jul 17 2024 11 mins

Hey folks, as always, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This is just a little episode marking the beginning of a show hiatus. When I was a kid, the auto plant in my town would occasionally shut down for a few months, for "re-tooling" - something necessary when they switched from making sedans to making mini-vans, for example. That's what is happening with So Much P

Episode 100: The Big Year

Jul 14 2024 46 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I can’t deny it, it feels pretty good to reach the one hundred show mark, four and a half years and one pandemic after I started this project. The experience has been all the things – interesting, challenging, frustrating, and ultimately, rewarding. I l

Episode 99: All the Venom in Amazonia

Jul 07 2024 25 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Nine! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This show is dedicated to the memory of Gary Pinson. Gary lived over in the Missouri Ozarks and every October he and his family would come over to Snake Road in southern Illinois, which is where I first met him. It got to be a thing every year, meeting up w

Episode 98: Herping Suriname

Jun 23 2024 39 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Eight! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After traveling for the better part of a month, it's good to be back home and back in the podcast studio. As always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like

Episode 97: Dr. Emily Taylor: Cali Snakes & Rattle Cams

May 16 2024 44 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Seven! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I just got back from a great herping trip to Suriname. You may remember my conversation with Dick and Lieke back in episode 79 and it was fun to go visit and see how they operate herp tours there, and the answer is they do very well. I was with a small gro

Episode 96: Origin Stories VIII with Dane, Lucas & Brady

Apr 28 2024 62 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Six! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s the last Sunday in April which means that this is the last episode in Season Four – we start Season Five on the first of May and I should have a show out around the middle of May, after I return from a trip to Suriname. And as always, I am grateful

Episode 95: Massasaugas with Dr. Mike Dreslik

Apr 07 2024 86 mins

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of new Patreoners! – Derek Gillespie and Paul Duren, thank you both so much for supporting the show! Much appreciated! And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward.